MLD 2017 Draft Thread

[seventieslord]

I'll take another small playmaker with a bad playoff record: Ray Whitney, LW.

Whitney will probably man the 2nd line with a more suitable center, while the playmaking Lacroix will take 1st line duties with goal scoring wingers.

I've never been a huge Whitney fan, but the guy somehow managed to put up 1000 points. With only a few LWs on the board even within 10% of his prime production level I thought it'd make sense to grab this level of irreplaceable production while it was out there.

 

[Hedberg]

Richmond selects D (and also C/RW, but we're going to use him on D) Goldie Prodger

and

D Marc-Edouard Vlasic (bio forthcoming on how his Norris votes are undervaluing him).

 

[seventieslord]

I guess I'll grab two-way minute eater Dave Babych, D. Babych will play on the top pair and top PP, and may or may not be on the 2nd PP unit.

 

[ResilientBeast]

I'll add to my D and select Ed Jovanovski, D

 

[Hobnobs]

Rögle picks Charlie Huddy, D

 

[VanIslander]

repick

 

[tony d]

With pick 24 Chicago selects Left Winger Yvon Lambert.

Lambert will bring a bit of meat and potatoes to the Nilsson Hedberg line.

With pick 25 Chicago selects defenseman Al Iafrate

Iafrate will be a good counter for Engblom who will play a defensive game. Iafrate on offense and Engblom with defense.

Next has been pmed.

 

[seventieslord]

The Packers select 6'1 192 lbs. HHOF left winger Lynn Patrick, the 1942 NHL goal leader and Hart trophy finalist who was 2nd, 2nd and 4th in NHL points the three seasons directly after being a member of the 1940 Stanley Cup championship squad. He played left wing in his best years on a highly effective line with Phil Watson at center and Bryan Hextall, Sr. at right wing. However, Lynn's biggest impact on the playoffs were the first few series of his career when in 1935 the 22-year-old rookie led the Rags in playoff scoring over the Canadiens only to lose the semifinals; two years later he and a trio of other Rags each had three goals in a Stanley Cup finals run. The non-physical finesse player didn't score many playoff goals for the remainder of his career. His 10-year NHL career came to an end when he joined the war effort and went overseas to fight.

This LW with the offensive peak of Daniel Sedin has been off the board for about 150 picks.

 

[VanIslander]

The Packers select the greatest two non-NHL Swedish forwards: center Sven Tumba Johansson and left winger Ulf Sterner

Tumba was top forward at the 1957 and 1962 world championships and a much younger teammate Sterner outshone the Soviets and was the 1969 top forward at the world championships.

hiding this here for atd 2018

6'1 220 lbs. Alexander Ragulin, the 5-time world championship all-star, 9-time Soviet 1st team all-star defenseman between 1961-1972 who at the tailend of his career was given the task of handling Esposito in the 1972 Summit Series and Big Phil in his prime scored a relatively-contained 7 points in the 6 games Rags was against him (Esposito had 152 points in 78 NHL games the season just prior to the tourney) and lit it up for 6 points in the two games that the Soviet blueliner wasn't in.



IIHF President said:

Alexander Ragulin personified the Russian bear. He was the kind of player that no forward really wanted to confront in the corner or in front of the Soviet net.
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The Hockey Writers said:

... a very physical player that was a menace in his defensive end. He could make a good outlet pass and had a good shot, but did not jump into the offensive play very often... 10 World Championship and three Olympic (1964, 1968 and 1972) gold medals... the first Soviet defenseman who developed the skill of blocking shots. More than half a century ago, he sometimes was referred to as the national team’s third goalie. Ragulin was strong as an ox, but rarely crossed the line of dirty play.​

 

[ResilientBeast]

What why did you pick twice?

 

[VanIslander]

What why did you pick twice?

23rd re-pick
+
26th

 

[Hobnobs]

Rögle BK adds Vjatjeslav Kozlov, LW to our roster

 

[ResilientBeast]

23rd re-pick
+
26th

Oh my apologies I missed the correction

I read it as "has been on the board for..."

 

[ResilientBeast]

I'll start my second line out right with another dynamic offensive player and select Real Cloutier, W

Bio by seventies

 

[tony d]

Who's up guys?

 

[ResilientBeast]

Who's up guys?

Hedberg I believe, we're on a 10 hour clock and my pick was at 10 EST yesterday the draft board shows what's going on I believe

 

[tony d]

Hedberg I believe, we're on a 10 hour clock and my pick was at 10 EST yesterday the draft board shows what's going on I believe

Thanks for updating it for us.

 

[Hedberg]

Richmond selects two Vancouver hockey legends, C Clint Smith and RW/D Barney Stanley

 

[ResilientBeast]

I'll add another offensive guy who peaked playing with his linemate in this. He brings an element my other forwards lack and I'm happy to have him on my second line. The Thrashers select Marc Tardif, LW

 

[Hobnobs]

Rögle BK picks Billy Boucher, RW

 

[ResilientBeast]

VanI was skipped at 3am EST

Tony d is OTC till 1pm EST

 

[tony d]

With Pick 36 Chicago selects centre Barry Pederson

Though known mainly as the guy Vancouver got for Cam Neely, the guy had a good career in his own right.

With Pick 37 Chicago selects Goalie Mike Vernon

Vernon had 385 wins in his NHL career.

next has been pmed.

 

[ResilientBeast]

Hobnobs is up

 

[Hobnobs]

Rögle picks up Ken Linseman, C

 

[ResilientBeast]

The Thrashers will select our captain and solidify our top pair and select Dunc Munro, D

Old seventies bio